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Mathematical modeling of high-frequency electromagnetic heating of the bottom-hole area of horizontal oil wells

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The results of theoretical investigations of the possibility of using intense high-frequency electromagnetic radiation in fields of high-viscosity oils with the aim of intensifying their production have been given. Expressions of the distribution of the electromagnetic field strength and the field of heat sources occurring in an oil bed under the action of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation transferred to the bed through a horizontal well have been obtained. A two-dimensional mathematical model of the process of production of oil through horizontal wells with simultaneous high-frequency electromagnetic action has been developed. The efficiency and profitableness of the method from the viewpoint of the energy balance have been evaluated.

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  1. Bashkir State University, 32 Frunze Str., 450074, Ufa, Russia

    L. A. Kovaleva, N. M. Nasyrov & A. M. Khaidar

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 105–111, November–December, 2004.

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Kovaleva, L.A., Nasyrov, N.M. & Khaidar, A.M. Mathematical modeling of high-frequency electromagnetic heating of the bottom-hole area of horizontal oil wells. J Eng Phys Thermophys 77, 1184–1191 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-005-0013-x

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